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Maltese Debate over EU constitution begins

Saturday, 30 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The EU constitution is a merger and at the same time an extension of the various treaties that have been signed by member states over the years... to a large extent made up of laws which the Maltese people have already declared they accept when they ...

Man Cleared of causing more than Lm1,000 damage

Saturday, 30 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

A man was cleared of involuntarily causing more than Lm1,000 worth of damage to other people’s property when the garage he had been renting exploded two years ago. Edgar Grima, 46, was fined Lm200 for storing potassium chloride-based explosive ma...

Mother Accused of abandoning child found not telling truth

Saturday, 30 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

The woman accused of abandoning her six-year-old daughter was released on bail after a doctor declared two of her other children to be healthy, even though she had claimed that they were sick. This was the excuse she gave the court for not going for ...

Woman Gets four years for manslaughter

Saturday, 30 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A young woman was jailed for four years after being found guilty of manslaughter due to negligence, and of heroin-trafficking....

Woman Cleared of fraud and theft

Saturday, 30 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

A woman accused of defrauding a man out of Lm42,000 by claiming she was the rightful heir of an elderly woman who had passed away, was acquitted after a court ruled that insufficient reasons had been presented for her to be indicted.Maria Grazia Ca...

Woman’s Arrest declared invalid

Saturday, 30 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

A woman accused of heroin possession and damaging a car, among other charges, has been released after a court declared her arrest to be invalid.Lorriane Vella, 32, from Paola, had been arrested on 11 October, interrogated and released the following...

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